October 26, 1999 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is grateful for the attention to the use of seclusion and restraints and strongly supports the establishment of national standards to care safely and appropriately for children and young people. These complex issues directly affect the safety of children in care and the
October 13, 1999 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) welcomes this opportunity to submit testimony on S. 1327, the Foster Care Independence Act. We commend the efforts of the bill's bipartisan sponsors for taking steps to address the needs of young people transitioning from foster care to independence. CWLA is an association
Pursuant to HHS's request for comments on the interim final rule (Federal Register Vol. 64, No. 127) regulating the use of seclusion and restraints in Medicare and Medicaid financed hospitals, CWLA submitted the following to the Health Care Financing Administration. August 26, 1999 Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services
May 13, 1999 Good morning Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Mark Kroner and I am the Director of Self-Sufficiency Services for Lighthouse Youth Services-a private nonprofit organization based in Southern Ohio since 1969. Lighthouse Youth Services is one of over 450 member agencies of the Child Welfare League
March 18, 1999 The Child Welfare League of America is a membership association of over 1,000 public and private, non-profit agencies throughout the country. Our member agencies serve some three million children, youth, and families every year, many of whom confront significant challenges including adjudication, incarceration or other involvement with the justice system.
March 10 & 11, 1999 The Child Welfare League of America is a membership association of over 1,000 public and private, non-profit agencies throughout the country. Our member agencies serve some three million children, youth, and families every year, many of whom confront significant challenges including adjudication, incarceration or other involvement with the
March 9, 1999 Good afternoon Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Robin Nixon and I am the Director of Youth Services at the Child Welfare League of America. CWLA is an association of more than one thousand public and private non-profit community based agencies that serve more than three
December 21, 1998 The Honorable Donna E. Shalala Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201-0004 Dear Secretary Shalala: I write in reference to the Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994 as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provisions of 1996 (MEPA/IEP). We are in complete disagreement with
Substance Abuse October 28, 1997 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) welcomes this opportunity to submit testimony. We commend the subcommittee for its efforts to examine the links between substance abuse and child abuse and neglect. Our comments focus on substance abuse as a factor in the placement of children into foster
